At this age one must hope that the child should have certain behaviors:
- The child / girl walks already only, for, inclines and explores everything.
- He communicates pleasure, protests, fondness and interest towards new experiences.
- It plays more with the parents, and they have to dedicate more time to be played with the child / girl.
- It begins knowing the functions of some objects (phone, comb, remote control of the TV...)
- He begins to accept his limits
- His autonomy increases, and the child / girl does not allow to be examined already so well like earlier for the pediatrician, begins being afraid to the vaccines, etc.
- A vocabulary has from 3 to 6 words, it does many gestures.
- It indicates one or two parts of his body when it indicates him to itself and understands simple orders.
- It caresses a drawing of a book and puts attention when it is read him.
- It indicates what he wants indicating, grunting or vocalizing.
- It places a bucket on other.
- It gives and takes a toy.
- It embraces.
VACCINES
If his pediatrician agrees, it is necessary to apply the last dose of the vaccine of Haemophilus influenzae type B (meningitis), as well as "triple viral" (measles, mumps and German measles). Also those of hepatitis might be applied A and B, and recently, the vaccine of the chicken pox is proposed. Visit the VACCINES section for major information about this topic.
PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR THE AGE YEAR AND A HALF
The parents must play with the child / girl, and it is recommended to use:
- plush animals.
- gum balls.
- dolls.
- books with big illustrations.
- toys to stretch or to push, to empty or to fill, to close and to open.
- toys to beat, musicals, to mount.
The parents have to play with the girls and children adapting itself to the preferences of the children and without sexism. At this age they love the pursuit games, dancing, splashing about in the water, shooting a ball.
It is fundamental to limit the time of the television, which must never be used like a substitute of the relation with the child.
The language development is necessary to go stimulated by means of the books reading and with songs. To chat with the child with regard to what they are doing and seeing. The parents must name everything what exists around, indicate common objects, and parts of the body, and encourage the child to say the words.
It is convenient since one is withdrawing the pacifier from him.
To support in possible the house trasformada to the measurement of the child, without tablecloths that hang, objects that fall down if he fights on them, you form a corner to his height, electrical cables and of the phone over which it might stumble, etc. Much especially, there must be protected the children of everything related to captures of current and electrical devices, protect it from warm liquids (especially I oiled), to close with key the places where possible poisons keep, to never leave medicines on the tables or the bed, to have the detergents, the lye and the products of domestic cleanliness in a high closet and not under the sink or in another place within reach of the child. Always to use the safety seats of the motorcar. Never to allow the child to move freely for the seat of behind!
Also it is important that the parents have time to be or to go out alone, looking the people adapted to leave the child.
Consult with the pediatrician before any doubt that it could have.